New York, NY (January 9, 2009) - Loud.com, Happy New Year and welcome to 2009! We’ve been away for a minute but we're back and busier than ever. This week's intro is going to be short and sweet, as we've got a lot of great content on the site that speaks for itself.

We're now down to six Finalists and things are really getting interesting. The elimination task this week has the contestants putting on a live show and bringing their brand of hip-hop to the people. To recap, we've eliminated Jouce Tha Artist, Yung Jerz, Angel Da Kid, and this week, DelBugotti. If you haven't checked out the official Loud.com Kyte Channel with all the updates, you can view it at the link below. Be sure to watch our Finalists, too, they've got a host of great content on their own personal Kyte Channel pages!* http://madmimi.com/redirects/a9b10dbd8eebdcb6017b75c4b7718b71?pa=38934548 *

The Producer Finalists is set to jump off soon as well, and our list of challengers for the $15,000 and three-song production deal is heavy! Check them out below and get to know their faces: